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Patented Apr'. 8,1919.

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FILING APPUANCE. APPLICATION FILED AuG.6. 1911.

Patented Apr. 8, 1919.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY JOSEPH HICK, OF ALLIANCE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR T0 THE MCCASKEYREGrIS'JIEV'B,A

COMPANY, (INCORPORATED IN 1914,) OF ALLIANCE, OHIO, A CORPORATION OFOHIO.

FILING APPLIANCE.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 8, 1919.

Application filed August 6, 1917. Serial No. 184,608.

for sales bills and other similar papers in which a plurality of billholders are operatively mountedl upon a suitable table or base forswinging either separately or collectively into upright or reclinedposition for giving accessto the' tiling faces of the holders; and the'object oftheimprovement is to provide a movable abutment for therearmost holder of the series,which will oscillatefto and fro with theoperation of one or more holders so as'to sustain the upright holders ina substantially vertical position.

Further objects of the improvement are to mount the' movable abutment insuch a manner that the weight of the upright holders will not only 'tendto hold'them in upright position'but will serve to counterbalance theweight of the holders which are being operated from upright intoreclined position and vice versa; and 'also in such a manner that theabutment ymay be adjusted'to accommodate the addition or subtractionl ofa considerable number of holders to or from the series without changingany other parts of the appliance.

Theseobjects of the invention and other ancillary advantages areattained by the conn struction, mechanism and arrangement illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in which- Figure 1 1s aupright position upon a table and a surrounding case or cabinet; p y

Fig. 2,'is a side elevation of the filing appliance with the lupper partof the case brokeny away, as on line 2--2, Fig. 1, showing the series ofbill holdersin normal :upright position;

Fig. 3,2; similar'view showing `a consider` able number of the billholders operated forward into reclined position;

Fig. 4, a detached perspective view of the bill holders showing thecontrolling pin protruding from the hinged end of an intermediate older;

have'invented certain new and useful frontelevation of the filingappliance showing the bill holders in normal Fig. 5, a detachedperspective view of one bearing bracket; andV Fig. 6, a fragmentaryperspective view of the abutment carrier guideway.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the drawings.

The series ofbill holders are hinged' to-' gether at their lower rearends by means of the ears 2 and the pintles 3 in a well known manner,and the pintles 3 of the forward hinge ears 2 of the foremost .holderare mounted on the bearing brackets tsuitably secured on the table k5formed in'the base 6 of the filing appliance. The rear wall 7 and therear parts of the side walls 8 of the base f are preferably extendedupward to form a case or cabinet for normally receiving and shieldingthe bill holders when in normal upright position, as shown in Figs. 1and 2.

The abutment carrier 9 is swung upon the pivots 10 at the upper ends'ofthe parallel links 11, which links are supported at the lower'ends bythe pivots 12 mounted in the bearing plates 13 secured to the floor ofthe preferably carried upon pivot pins 16 se.

cured in one of the series of spaced apertures 17 provided ina row fromfront to rear in case, there being a pair of parallel links in the upperends of each side wall 15 of the abutment carrier; which rollers form anabutment for the rearmost holder 1 of the series, as vshown in Figs. 2and 3.

The upright guidewayl 18 is provided at the lower part of the forwardedge of each side wall 15 of the abutment carrier 9, which guideways maybe in the form of channels 19 shaped along the forward edges of theflanges 20 suitably securedto the side walls ofthe carrier; and thecontrolling pins 21 extending laterally each way from the hinged end ofone of the bill holders l, referred to herein as'the controlling holder,extend into the guideways'18 for operating the carrier to and fro as oneor more of the holders in front vof and including the controllingholder, are operated from one position to another.

The parts are so ranged that when the ill holders are in up-Iproportioned and ar-4 f right position they are supported solely by theforward pintles 3 of the foremost holder upon the bearing brackets 4,and by the abutment of the rearmost holder against the rollers 14:mounted 011 the side walls 15 of the carrier 9; and that the carrier inturn issup-y ported solely upon the pivots 10 at the upper endsof-thelinks 11, the relative position of, which being determined by theoperation of the controllinoP pin 21 on the hinged end ofl one of the hoders inthe guideways 18 on the sides ofthe carrier; and 'finallythat'the fulcrum pivots 12 for the lower ends of the parallel vlinks arepositioned far. enough forward so that the links will be inclinedslightly rearward when the controlling holder has been rotatedv forwardinto reclinedposition' from which position their upper ends will swing`rearward as the controlling holder and one or vmore of the holders infront'thereof are rotated into upright position. Y

When all the holders are in upright position, itis evident that when thecontrolling holder or one or more of the holders in front thereof, areswung forward into reclined position, the controlling pins v2,1 will becarried upward and forward with the hinged end of the controlling holderand iny so doing I these pins will slide upward in the guideways 18,thus moving the carrier forward and upward by a swinging of itssupporting links, which movement carries the abutment rollers upward andforward so that they will always support and sustain the rearmost holderin substantially upright position; and it is obvious that the uprightholders will always be supported solelyby the forward pivot of theforemost upright holder,- and by the bearing of the rearmost holderluponthe abutment roller, so that the weight of the upright holders alwaystends to rotate the same rearward upon the forward pivotof the foremostholder, which is known as the gravity 7 operation in appliances of thiskind.

It is also evident that the weight of the upright holders will' tend tocounterbalance the weight of the holders which are being rotated fromanupright into a reclined positionuntil the operated holders approachthe reclined position and the upper pivot of the foremost reclinedholder is carried directly above the-lower pivot thereof, which is -infront ofthe line betweenthe aXis of said lower pivot andthe abutmentroller; in which. positionthe weight of the upright holders rhas notendency to counterbalance theweight of the reclinedholders or to rotatethem rearward.

Byiprovidingfthe abutment carrier with abutmentxrollers thereonadjustable-into various positions forward and rearward of thecarriergand by controlling the movements of the carrier-by operatingmeans associated with one of the intermediate holders, it is evidentthat one or more holders in rear of such intermediate holder canlbeaddedor subtracted from the series by..merely rshifting the abutmentrollers rearward or forwardas the case may be, and without affecting theoperation of the appliance as a whole.

Such a construction and arrangement of the appliance permits a customerhaving a limited trade to purchase a filing appliance with a limitednumber of holders, say eighty holders adapted to carrylll accounts bythe spring clips 22, asl shown inthe draw,- ings; to which maybe addedfrom time-to` time, one or more additional holders,l each carr fino" 20additional accounts as ma be.

necessary or desirable to accommodatel'the growth of the business.

1 claim-z 1. A filing appliance includinga seriesv of*l hinged-holders,av pivotalsupportfor one end holder, a movable carrier having'an.abutment adjustable thereon for theother.

end holder, there being an upright slide.-

way in the .carrier and a coperating slide.

pin on one of the holders.

2. A filing appliance includinga series of,

hinged holders, a pivotal supportI for oneend holder, a movable carrierhaving an abutment for the other end holder, there..

being an uprightslidewayy in the carrier and a coperating slide pin onone of the intermediate holders.

3. A' filing appliance including a series of hinged holders, apivotal'support for onel end holder, a movable carrier having anyabutment for the other end holder, therey being an upright slideway inlthe carrier,

anda coperating slide pin on the hinge lbar of-one ofthe intermediateholders.

4. A ling applianceincluding a series of hinged holders. a pivotalsupportI for onel ends of the` links-andl having an abutment.y

for the other endholder, an upright slideway in the carrier and acoperatingslidepin on one oftheholders, thelinks being-inclined rearwardin the foremostposition of' the carrier.

6. A. ling appliance,including` a seriesLof hinged holders, a pivotalsupport for onel end-holder, a pairk of parallel links pivoted at theirlower ends at each side.ofthe,holders, a pendent carrier pivoted to theupper hinged holders, a pivotal support for one ends of the links andhaving an abutment end holder, a movable carriage having an for theother end holder, and Operating abutment adjustable thereon for theother l0 means between one of the holders and the end holder, and meansactuated by the oper- 5 carrier for' controlling the movement of theation of the holders for controlling the carrier. movement of thecarriage.

7. A ling appliance including a series of HARRY JOSEPH HICK.

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